Question

The area of a trapezium is 300sqm and its height is 10m, if one of the parsllel sides is 10m, the length of the other parallel side is

Answer 1

50M

Explanation:

The area of a trapezium = 1/2 x ( a + b) x h

a and b are the parallel sides

h = height

300sqm = 0.5 x (10 + b) x 10

divide both sides by 10

30 = 0.5 x (10 + b)

Divide both sides by 0.5

60 = (10 + b)

b = 60 - 10 = 50